. club reviewer myles mc ##nut ##t praised michael ' s reactions to the office easily ignoring him for dean ##gel ##o , calling the final shot of him walking into his office alone " quite effective " , and that dwight ' s reaction to not being suggested to be michael ' s replacement made it more " meaningful " . despite this , he continued by saying that the series was not " sophisticated " enough to use this plot ##line effectively and criticized the writing for the cast , which made them look " stupid " for " cheap humor " and a " enormous ##ly shallow laughter " . he ultimately gave the episode a " c + " . alan sep ##in ##wall
. club reviewer myles mcnutt praised michael's reactions to the office easily ignoring him for deangelo, calling the final shot of him walking into his office alone " quite effective ", and that dwight's reaction to not being suggested to be michael's replacement made it more " meaningful ". despite this, he continued by saying that the series was not " sophisticated " enough to use this plotline effectively and criticized the writing for the cast, which made them look " stupid " for " cheap humor " and a " enormously shallow laughter ". he ultimately gave the episode a " c + ". alan sepinwall